Björn Kauder
Biographic Data
| ID | 6038507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Björn Kauder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Björn |
| FAMILY NAME | Kauder |
| SIGNATURE | KAUDER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ifo Institute for Economic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3210-095X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rewarding conservative politicians? Evidence from voting on same-sex marriage
We ask whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The evidence is based on a rollcall vote in the German national parliament (Bundestag) in June 2017. That vote had a profound influence on public discourse concerning the social-political platforms of the conservative parties in Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU). National elections…
Manipulating Fiscal Forecasts
We examine whether German state governments manipulated fiscal forecasts before elections. Our data set includes three fiscal measures over the period 1980-2014. The results do not show that electoral motives influenced fiscal forecasts in West German states. By contrast, East German state governments underestimated spending in preelection years (compared to other years) by about 0.20 percent of GDP, tax revenues by about 0.36 percent of GDP, and…
Incorporation of municipalities and population growth
Rewarding conservative politicians? Evidence from voting on same-sex marriage
We ask whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The evidence is based on a rollcall vote in the German national parliament (Bundestag) in June 2017. That vote had a profound influence on public discourse concerning the social-political platforms of the conservative parties in Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU). National elections…
Incorporation of municipalities and population growth
Manipulating Fiscal Forecasts
We examine whether German state governments manipulated fiscal forecasts before elections. Our data set includes three fiscal measures over the period 1980-2014. The results do not show that electoral motives influenced fiscal forecasts in West German states. By contrast, East German state governments underestimated spending in preelection years (compared to other years) by about 0.20 percent of GDP, tax revenues by about 0.36 percent of GDP, and…
Rewarding conservative politicians? Evidence from voting on same-sex marriage
We ask whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The evidence is based on a rollcall vote in the German national parliament (Bundestag) in June 2017. That vote had a profound influence on public discourse concerning the social-political platforms of the conservative parties in Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU). National elections…
Economics (2 works) · German (2 works) · Democracy (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 work) · European Monetary and Fiscal Policies (1 work) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (1 work) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (1 work) · Geography (1 work)